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Longer description (wrap at 72c)

Summary

  • Less than 50 characters

  • What was changed

  • Imperative present tense (fix, add, change)

      Fix calendar timezone bug
  Add tests for Account#create
  Change file upload limit

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Description

  • Wrap at 72 characters

  • Why, explain intention and implementation approach

  • Present tense

Atomicity

  • Break up logical changes

  • Use git add -p

  • Make whitespace changes separately

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